The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-05-21
1Hr State CaRital Correspondence
Special to the Cannon ADVOCATE.

MAY IS, 1887.
Governor Beaver signed the high lieesse
bill last Thursday a synopsis Of which l
furnish your numerous readers. s
The law in a mild form amounts TO nro-
hibition of the liquor Traffic. Within
defined limits its restrictive provisions are
saelnphatic that the immediate effect looked
for under its plain and vigorous enforce
ment is the driving out of a considerable
number of small taverns.
The bill as passed makes the license pro-
vided for by its terms the only lawful lie
ense. A licensee must be citizen of TEN
perate habits and good moral character.
No license to be granted under existing
laws after June 30, Applicants and those
joining in, must not be interested pecuniarily
in any other place during the term of the
license. In applications two reputable
freeholders Of the ward or township must
be mentioned as bondsmen, and each one
OF them must own unincumbered ZEAL estate
worth over $4,000 and must not be engaged
in the manufacture liquors. The petition
must be sworn 10.
Each petition must be accompanied by
the certificate of twelve reputable electors
OF the ward, borough or township, that they
have known the applicant for six months:
that they endorse his application, and that
they have signed no other petition in that
year. The bondsmen or sureties shall he
among the signers, and shall make oath to
their enforcement.
The bond is $1,000.
The seventh section provides that the
Court, after hearing petitions from residents
OF the ward, borough or township for or
against the license, ''in all cases shall refuse
the same whenever in the opinion of the
said Court, having due regard to the num-
Der and character of the petitioners for and
against such application, such license is
not necessary for the accommodation of the
public and entertainment of strangers or
travellers, or that the applicant or appli-
cants Is or are not fit persons to whom such
license should BE granted, and upon suffi-
cient causes being shown or proof being
made to the said Court that the party hold
ing license has violated any law of this
Commonwealth relative to the sale of
liquors, the Court of Quarter Sessions
SHALL upon notice being given to the person
SO licensed, revoke the said license" and
all the additional petitions and remonstran.
ces are to be based on the necessity of the
license to sell liquors or the fitness of the
applicant, or on the necessity of the hotel,
inn or tavern in the locality where the
applicant proposes to sell the liquors.
The eighth section classlfes the licenses
as follows: "In cities of the fist. second
and third classes $500; in other cities s4Oo:
in borough, $3.50; in townships, ST5. Tn
cities of the first class four-lifths shall be
paid for the use of the city and county and
one-1fth for the use of the Commonwealth:
in cities OF the second and third class three.
iifths shall be paid for the use of the city.
one-hfih for the use of the proper county
and one-hflh for the use of the Commons
wealth; in all other cities or boToughs three
tifths shall be paid for the use of such city
or borough, one-iift III for the use of the
proper county and one-fifth for the use of
the Commonwealth; in townships one-half
shall be paid for the use of the township |
for the use of the proper county
and one-tourth for the use OF the Common.
wealth. The sums paid to the townships
to be applied to keeping the roods in good
repair.
The sixteenth section fixes the penalty
Tor selling without license at from $500 to
$1,000 fine and from three to twelve months |
imprisonment, and the general penalty for
violating other provisions of this law At |
500 to $500 fine for the first oifense, $500
to 1000 fine for any second offense and
$500 to $1,000 fine and three to twelve
months imprisonment for any third offense.
No person convicted of more than one
offense can be licensed in this State again.
and any licensee keeping a disorderly
house or permitting the visits of dlsreput-
able persons shall likewise be liable to have
his license revoked and shall not again be
licensed
The seventeeth section prohibits drug
gists from selling intoxicants except on the
written prescription of a registered physi-
sician, or when selling alcohol or some pre-
paration thereof for scientific of medicinal
and makes it misdemeaner for
any physician 10 knowingly prescribe liquor
for an Incorporate person.
The other sections are not materially DIFF
Ierent from existing law. PAXTON.
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